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Bruce Flatt, chief executive officer at Brookfield Asset Management, and Howard Marks, co-founder at Oaktree Capital, discuss the background of Brookfield's purchase of a majority stake in Oaktree Capital and how the deal could impact the industry.

Jeff Jonas, chief executive officer at Sage Therapeutics, discusses Food and Drug Administration approval of the company's first postpartum drug, the price of the drug, and products in their drug pipeline.

Wolfango Piccoli, co-president of political and policy risk advisory at Teneo Intelligence, discusses his view that time gives Chinese President Xi Jinping the upper hand in trade negotiations with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump.

Michele Geraci, undersecretary in Italy's Economic Development Ministry, discusses plans to sign a preliminary agreement with China which would see Italy open its ports as a European point of entry for China's "Belt and Road" initiative.

Xi Jinping is expected to arrive in Rome today. China's President and the Italian government are said to sign a controversial "memorandum of understanding" on the Belt & Road Initiative. This would make Italy the first G-7 country to sign in defia...